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Modder Pushes RTX 5090 To 1,521W
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A modder known as sugi0lover on Overclock.net soldered a second 12VHPWR connector onto a water-cooled Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5090 Aorus Xtreme Waterforce, enabling the card to draw a peak 1,521W. The user measured 936W and 585W across the two cables versus the nominal 600W single-cable limit, matching 1,500W-class space heaters and raising thermal, electrical, and safety concerns.
Key Points
- 1Installs second 12VHPWR connector, enabling an RTX 5090 to draw a 1,521W peak.
- 2Demonstrates doubling of factory 600W limit and one cable exceeding its intended capacity.
- 3Implies significant thermal, electrical and safety risks; affects overclocking benchmarks and household circuits.
Scoring Rationale
Novel, measurable hardware overclocking milestone, but limited by single-community source and narrow enthusiast scope audience.
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